The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-02


utes and ftty.slx feconds. Harvard
rwenty.three minutes, ten and a hall
seconds.
The attendance was something un-
precedented. The scenes along the
courss from start TO finish were very
The observation train con-
tanned twenty.four we'll packed cars;
the grand stand a. the finish was
crowded. Three large steamers took
large crowds up the river and there
were thirty.eight large steam and
schooner yachts, besides innumeIable
smaller craft anchored along the last
mile of the course, the crowd who
saw the race being estimated at 5000
people. The wa'er was In excellent
condition, being nearly slack and be.
ing rufiied only by a slight westerly
breeze blowing across the course. At
7:05 the referee signsled for the
crews, aud at 7:l1 Harvard pushed of
from her float and padded over 10.
ward the starting point. Yale did not
leave her float until 7:lS. Both crews
padded to the referees boat aud were
given their final instructions, after
which they backed into posi-.
ton, Yale having the west and
Harvard the east course. This was
Ysle's vantage point, but II proved Ct
little real benefit At 1928 o'clock the
word was gwen, both crews catching
the water very quickly, Harvard gain.
ing slight advantage. Both crews
started att thirty.six stroke, but after
the first minute dropped to thirty
three and tbirty.fjur. Harvard grad.
uaily draw away from Yale, aud in the
first mile led by hall length. Both
crews were pul1ug in perfect form,
and the excitement was intenae.
Yale's powerful stroke, however,
soon sent her Bhell up inch by
inch, until ut the half mile fay
both boat, as seen from the
press boat, were bow and bow, though
the official timer gives Harvard lead
OF two seconds. Hsrysrd's time here
was 1854 and Yale 1865. Both crews
were pulling 10 fiue form. The body
aud oar movement OF each crew being
az one man. Just after passing the
ha' 1 mile flag, Yale dropped her stroke
to thirty.ts o, Harvard pulling thirty
four and thirty.fve. The exhibition
OF rowing in this half mile (the second)
was very line. Both crews were putting
in their beat efiorte, but Yale's slow
stroke proved more effective, and her
boat Irept slowly TO the front, aud az
they pass d the mile in $50 and 5:23,
Yale was just showing clear water
ahead OF Tia wards boat. The second
half mile WAS the fastest of the race,
Yale doiog II in 1924, and Harvard in
2:29. All through the third half Yale
kept her stroke down TO 80 and 33
while Harvard was pulling "a and 35
AZ they reared the navy yard Yale
began to Jorge ahead, and sbo wed
twenty feet OF clear water between
the boats. Up to this point the
race had bsen one OF the most hoily
contested ever rowed between crew,
from these two colleges. Of the navy
yard Harvard spurted and made /
grand Effort to close the gap, but Ysl,
responded nobly and at the two milf
fisg had increased her lead to length
aud a hall, passing that point In II 1904
Harvard in ll:l4t Al this point tn,
race Was partially settled. Yale wa
pulling 10 excellent form and her pow
eriuI stroke sent her b, q. along at
rafting gait. Harvard was also pull
ing In good form, but her stTokl
seemed to have lost It's effectiveness
In the filth half Yale gained fv,
seconds, and, having the race we'll II
hand, dropped her stroke to 30 aud 81
Harvard still rowing 80 and "a. la tn
sixth bali Yale made an additional gai
OF seven and q half seconds, and passe
the three mile dag Ia l4:l5, with
J lead OF four lengths; Harvard's tint
. l4:23. II began 10 look like g procei
sion, especially as In the seventh ha
Yale added q tif b length 10 her cfedi
, doing the half In 2:5li to Harvard
2:54l, and passing the three and
hail mile lg In 20 minut,
to Harvird's 20:l9l In the lest hs
. mile Harvard made desperate efio
! 10 Lessen Yale's lead, but It was OF Ii
tie avail, Yae maintaining her slo
swinging stroke, pay ing very little 9
! teniion to what Harvard was doin
3 and dashed scross the finish line
3 % :56, and easy winner by four or ii'
lengths Harvard's time, 23:l0
/ When the Yale men stopped rowiD
{ Gil, who pulled No. ., lell back Q
y hausttd, being overcome by he stra
and Excl enent.